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Topic: Steel Players Nick Names... A Little Humor!!! |
Wayne Baker
From:
Altus Oklahoma
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Posted 8 Oct 2003 3:04 pm |
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I know some steel players have nicknames. For instance, some pickers call me stitch... I might explain why sometime... Or... I call Tommy White "Tee Dubb" cause we got it like that.... Or Paul Franklin...
"F-diddie"... What about b0b... Anyone else have any interesting nicknames.... 
Thanks in advance,
Wayne Baker
Future Dobro Wizard[This message was edited by Wayne Baker on 08 October 2003 at 04:11 PM.] |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2003 6:52 pm
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Band members have called me Dirt for years. It's on my band jackets. It was shortened from Dirty Ernie, (which I've had since Feb. 1977.)
Of course Buddy is The Big E and/or The Maestro.
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My best,
Ernie
www.buddyemmons.com
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Ricky Littleton
From:
Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2003 11:49 pm
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I get called "Big-un" regularly as I am an "abundant American".
Ricky
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Emmons LeGrande - 8x4
Session 400 Ltd
Dan-Echo, E-Bow, Ibanez Distortion, Boss Comp./Sustain, Ibanez Auto-Wah
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Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 2:28 am
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| I was given the nickname "Laredo" many years ago, derived from Larry. I use it as my e-mail name. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 7:59 am
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I think of BE as the 'Budmeister'; and I bet I'm more 'abundant' than you, Ricky! We had a band back in England called 'Fatso' - it was, apparently, my fault......
RR[This message was edited by Roger Rettig on 09 October 2003 at 09:01 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 8:28 am
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| My mother calls me "Douglas". |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 8:32 am
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Earnest: Like in DC-3 or DC-4.......??
Regards, Paul  |
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Doug Jones
From:
Oregon & Florida
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 8:35 am
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| 4 years ago, I did a gig in Mayfield Kentucky at a bingo hall on a Tuesday night in a dry county. Before the gig we ate at Catfish Corner, had hush puppies, beans, slaw, the works. The guy who hired me nicknamed me: Dougly Do-Right It has stuck since. DJ |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 8:45 am
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| When I was a little kid, my family used to call me "Jimbo". As I got older, I became, in turn, "Jimmy", then "Jim". And whaddaya know! After, lo, these many years, I'm back to "Jimbeaux"! Only this time with the cajun spelling, just to make sure it both looks and sounds utterly ridiculous when combined with "Cohen". |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 8:51 am
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I once tried back in 1969 to adopt the persona of "Travis"(a mysterious and notorious guitarslinger w/an image somewhere between Clint Eastwood and Jerry Garcia)but no one was buying it. Lately though on The Riders Of The Purple Sage gigs,Cody has been introducing me like this: "...And on the pedal steel guitar,ladies and gentlemen,from that little oil town north of Bakersfield - Rhinestone,California - and from the illustrious Rhinestone family......C'mon folks give it up for Mike Rhinestone....."
jeez........ -MJ- |
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Tom Stolaski
From:
Huntsville, AL, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 10:13 am
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1)Stanley Syzmanski
2)Brumley Syzmanski
3)Brum
4)Twang
5)Mr. Sticky
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 10:30 am
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When Kenny Dail lived up here in Virginia he was sometimes known as "Cruddy Emmons"..
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 10:36 am
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I should have known this topic would bring the Syzmanskis out of the woodwork.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Jim Ives
From:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 1:59 pm
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| "Jives" |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 2:30 pm
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| The late Ron "The Fiddler" Boychuk used to call me Uncle Andy. (I was a month and a half older than he was.) We were like brothers and I miss him. |
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Grant Johnson
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 3:19 pm
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Several years ago, my old bluegrass band nicknamed me "Big Smokey" because I'm big, and because of my penchant for a fine cigars. This name has stuck. I play out under that name in one band, some folks simply call me "Big" and my wife now has the nickname "Lady Smokey"  |
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Dale Bessant
From:
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 3:24 pm
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| Back when I was playing steady mine was "TINY" I guess you know why?.... [This message was edited by Dale Bessant on 09 October 2003 at 04:26 PM.] |
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Jim Walker
From:
Headland, AL
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 5:57 pm
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| I took lessons from David Wright for a short while. He kinda took me under his wing and hooked me up with a new Sierra. Thus I call him "Steel Daddy". Mainly I started callin him that cause he always called me "Kid". |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 9 Oct 2003 9:09 pm
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One time the singer hollered "C Sharp" when he wanted me to play, and half the band changed keys.
C# |
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 10 Oct 2003 12:29 pm
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| Play it "pretty"make that thing cry!! |
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RON PRESTON
From:
Dodson, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2003 3:27 am
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Don't Ask......
"SpiderMonkey"  |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2003 6:33 am
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| I played and traveled with a gospel group for a couple of years. I was not married and over 30. They gave me the name "The Queenless King" when they would introduce me. At 33 I finally married and got rid of that name but there was one other name they tagged me, "Dialtone". I finally found out after I quit why they named me that. They said when it came to playing and kickoffs I was as steady as a "Dialtone". Where people come up with these names sometimes blows my mind. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 11 Oct 2003 8:02 am
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Dusty Montana.
Dusty because I once looked a bit like Mr. Hoffman.
and Montana
because we did a session with 5 Davids 3 Johns and 2 Tom's, we all had to get knicknames just to cut the confusion. My dad used to buy wool out in Montana. |
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Pat Burns
From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2003 8:14 am
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| I'm back to "Jimbeaux"! Only this time with the cajun spelling, just to make sure it both looks and sounds utterly ridiculous when combined with "Cohen". |
..Jim, that can still work...change the stage spelling to "Ceauxen"..
..glad to see that nobody was given the name "Tiny" by their wife.. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Oct 2003 11:45 am
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Doug Jones and I have been swapping them for a while here. His most recent "tag" is "Diego del Fuego", ( Doug of Fire) and since he decided that there is no "Good Eric", and that I've been flying down and hunting gators with Murnell Babineaux in my spare time lately, mine is Ericeaux Maleaux Flambeaux Thibideaux.
After following Gary Morse on stage the other night, I think "Tired Old Eric" is a little more fitting..
Gotta love them old Sheaux~Buds..
Others' results may vary.
Ray, we call Skip for some reason to do with his High School Specialty, Larry, we call "Mr. Music Stand/ Dr Gizmo". Pete, we call "Dep. Sierra", Wes Bakken, we call "Floyd", for his masterful piano synth that has saved us all from unknown hordes of keyboard players.
Mind you, this is all at "tear down time", and in person, I try for a little more "formality". Especially if they look like they're in a bad mood.
Last night I met Gordon Black, a player from Burns OR that travelled to the gig at Jubitz. It was great to introduce him to the other band members, " Meet Mr. Black" (the movie) but a little disconcerting to have him introduce himself to me...
Hmm... things are a little different here today. Is that the faint hint of brimstone in the air..
EJL [This message was edited by Eric West on 11 October 2003 at 01:02 PM.] |
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